It was the cheapest thing on the menu and also something I meant to eat in Israel last summer but forgot, so the shakshouka was my obvious lunch choice at the Paris Mosque café. With one egg perfectly poached in a liquidy sauce of spiced tomatoes, peppers and onions, the dish was everything I could have hoped for in a light lunch. It also came with a basket of white bread with nigella seeds - my favorite seeds ever - for dipping and mopping. On top of all this, the waiter, who kept calling me "princess," didn't charge me for the hazelnut cookie I had for dessert because I was "so charming." The one downside to the meal was...
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